January’s Most Watched Games on Twitch: Overwatch League Drives Overwatch to #3 by Esports Hours

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive took the #1 spot in January’s Most Watched Games on Twitch by esports hours. ELEAGUE was the main driver of CS:GO’s 55 million esports hours watched. League of Legends took the #2 spot as many of its regional leagues started again in late January. Overwatch was #3 with the start of the much-anticipated Overwatch League the sole driver of its esports viewership.

FIFA 18 was January’s strongest climber in the top ten, rising 21 spots to take #6. Its rise was due to the FUT Championships Cup Barcelona, held in the last weekend of January. SMITE and Heroes of the Storm both rose 8 spots to enter the top ten at #7 and #10, respectively. The SMITE World Championship and the start of the Heroes of the Storm Global Championship were the primary reasons for this increase.

Monster Hunter World Enters at #10 by Total Hours Watched

League of Legends kept its #1 spot in January’s Top 20 Games on Twitch by Total Hours Watched. The ELEAGUE pushed Counter-Strike: Global Offensive to #2. The game surpassed PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS which claimed the #3 spot with 53.6 million hours watched.

Monster Hunter World was January’s strongest climber, entering the top 20 at #10. Capcom’s role-playing title launched on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One at the end of January. Escape From Tarkov was the second new entrant in the ranking, rising eight spots to take #14. Owners of early access packages were granted access to its closed beta, helping to increase interest from the community. Three new titles to the ranking included action-adventure game Sea of Thieves, Slay the Spire, which combines rogue elements with deck building, and Subnautica, an underwater exploration, and survival game. Path of Exile, RuneScape, Destiny 2, Minecraft, and StarCraft II all dropped out of the top 20 ranking in January.

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